India's oldest toy shop - in pictures
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Amit Sundra, 53, outside Ram Chander & Sons toy shop in New Delhi. He is the fifth-generation owner of the family-run shop that opened in 1932. All photos: Taniya Dutta / The National -
Amit's father Satish, 86. His grandfather opened the shop in Ambala in 1830. His father moved it to New Delhi in 1932 -
The shop is believed to be India’s oldest toy store -
Toys fill the shop windows -
The shop sells German-made Rolls-Royce models, plus replicas of Peppa Pig and the Avengers -
A man stops to look in the shop's window -
The store stocks a wide collection of airplane models and cuddly toys -
The shop also sells board games and puzzles -
The store enjoys a prime position in India's capital -
For decades after independence, the shop enjoyed the reputation of being the place to go to buy imported toys
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